Government
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 - 12:44 pm
State parks are taking a huge fiscal hit in the Governor's budget. The Albany Times-Union has a full list of state parks the Paterson administration is recommending closing or scaling back. It's a long one.
On the list: the Robert V. Riddell State Park... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 - 12:18 pm
Congressman Paul Tonko (D-NY 21st) was on the Truth About Trucking radio program yesterday, talking up a bill he's sponsoring to increase trucker safety. Named for the late Jason Rivenburg, who was killed while sleeping at a gas station last spring, Jason... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 - 10:25 am
From the Times Herald-Record.
“The governor's proposal would directly harm taxpayers and businesses at a time when we can least afford it,” Assemblyman Kevin Cahill said in a statement issued Wednesday. The state should be encouraging people to file their... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 - 9:49 am
Ulster County legislator Mike Madsen reflects on county executive Mike Hein's recent State of the County address, and is a little frustrated about not hearing more about forward progress.
But I'm a realist. It's not so much who was giving the speech as... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 - 3:50 pm
We got a call from Peter Manning at the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development on our recent item on a fed/state tussle over the color of Adirondacks and Catskills road signs. It seems that while the Adirondacks will get to keep their iconic... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 - 2:02 pm
New York genealogists and researchers are upset about a rumored plan by the National Archives and Records Administration to move the Northeast regional archive to a new office in New York City, and put most of its hard-copy materials in a storage unit in... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 - 9:35 am
The DEP is holding a hearing in the Bronx tomorrow to discuss soaring water rates.
The New York City Water Board is expected to enact a 14% rate hike in May, bringing water rates to double what they were 12 years ago, and making the average single-family... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 - 9:12 am
Congressman Maurice Hinchey introduced a bill in support of the Saugerties businessowners on February 5. You can track its progress on OpenCongress, a handy website that provides easy access to federal legislation.
From a comment left on OpenCongress,... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 - 9:48 am
The former governor will be speaking at SUNY New Paltz on March 11. Jeremy Blaber's excited about it.
Who likes Gov. Eliot Spitzer more then me?!?!
Definitely not "Manhattan Madam" Kristin Davis, who announced recently that she's running for governor.
"I... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Feb. 15, 2010 - 3:09 pm
**Update: Contrary to what the first story linked below says, no agreement has yet been reached on the Catskills signs, Peter Manning of the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development tells us. While the Adirondack signage has been resolved, plans... Read more
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